Kos reports that the most aggressive candidate for DNC Chair is Donnie Fowler and pointed to his website, ChangeTheParty.com, and this C-SPAN interview (watch with Real Player). I watched and it sold me on Donnie. He started off with, "God does not belong to the Republican party, and values don't belong to the Right Wing and patriotism doesn't belong to George Bush." When he was questioned aggressively by a few conservative, religious, and anti-gay callers (one managed a mention of Hillary Clinton and Katie Couric, of course) he gave as good as he got. He told a couple of them they should stay with the Republican party.
He's the son of former DNC chairman Don Fowler, from South Carolina, living in San Francisco, was Wesley Clark's first campaign manager, and headed John Kerry's Michigan campaign. He sounds like a fighter; I like that he's young. I don't want a Democratic Party that tries to be Republican-lite in an ill-fated attempt to win the election. I agree with those who say that Republican-lite is a losing proposition because it inherently endorses the Republican agenda and alienates the natural Democratic base. I'll be watching Donnie.
UPDATE: My quick reaction to watching that single interview made me wonder if I was being rash. I went back to this overview of DNC Chair candidates from a significant Democratic meeting held the weekend before last. At the time I was watching Harold Ickes, who I've always liked. I still like him; they didn't. They did like Donnie. I'll comment on Howard Dean in another post.
